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== ThinkPad T43 2687-DDU setup for Debian Sarge ==
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== Who is Hmh? ==
  
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This is an ongoing, spotty guide for an advanced {{Debian}} setup of a {{T43}}, focused on using absolutely all of its capabilities that can be used.  It is not an installation guide, but rather a configuration guide.  Refer to {{Debian}} for a list of pages with initial installation instructions.
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I am a Debian Developer for quite a few years now, and the current maintainer of [[ibm-acpi]]/[[thinkpad-acpi]], aka "ThinkPad ACPI Extras" Linux kernel driver for ThinkPad laptops.
  
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When it is really usable, I will move it to some other far more public place in [[ThinkWiki]].
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I am also involved with the [[tp_smapi]] and [[HDAPS]] Linux drivers, as a beta-tester and power-user. I don't list myself as a developer for those projects because I have never contributed a single line of code to them, just suggestions and bug reports ;-)
  
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=== Kernel ===
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== My ThinkPads ==
  
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Baseline kernel: Debian's latest 2.6.15 (2.6.15.4 with stabilization patches) {{NOTE|Thinkpad support is an ongoing, bleeding edge effort. One ends up needing to apply a ton of patches and to use the latest available kernel, sometimes even kernels not yet released}}
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I own just a simple [[:Category:T43|T43]] model 2687-DDU. It is a great machine: a very solid ThinkPad, with its own set of annoying quirks just like any other IBM-era ThinkPad. The SATA-PATA bridge, tg3 noise at full network load, and lack of support for AHCI being the worst ones IMHO.
  
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==== Patches employed ====
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== ping ==
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* Latest ipw2200 driver and ieee80211 layer:
 
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* SATA power-management:
 
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* freeze-block-queue patch (for HDAPS):
 
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* ACPI update patches:
 
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* TP_SMAPI support:
 
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* Software Suspend2:
 
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* Linuxant Conexant HSF modem driver
 
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* [[How to make use of IrDA#ISA PnP patch|nsc-ircc ISA PNP patch]]
 
  
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==== Kernel setup tasks ====
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This is a ping edit, to let Akw know I am still alive and to not purge my account ;-)
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# Make sure the following subsystems are modules (for suspend/resume)
 
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## USB (especially EHCI_HCD and UHCI_HCD)
 
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## HDAPS (may work compiled in, as well)
 
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# Make sure the following subsystems are enabled and not modules (safety net)
 
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## ThinkPad SMAPI
 
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# Place the following modules (order is important for some of them) on /etc/modules:
 
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## hdaps
 
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## tg3
 
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# [[How to make use of IrDA#Kernel configuration|Configure IrDA module options]]
 
  
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=== Userland ===
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== Links ==
  
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==== udev rules ====
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* [[ibm-acpi|The Linux kernel ibm-acpi driver, which I currently maintain]]
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* [http://people.debian.org/~hmh/ My Debian.org homepage with some old stuff]
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==== Debian Sarge software packages ====
 
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{{HINT|Refer to [http://backports.org/instructions.html http://backports.org/instructions.html] for instructions on how to setup apt for the backports.org repository}}
 
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* udev (backported):
 
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* hibernate (backported):
 
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==== Software that needs packaging/backporting ====
 
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{{NOTE|If nobody beats me to it, I will package them for official upload to Debian, and official Debian Sarge backports.  This requires that the software be properly licensed first, of course}}
 
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* hdapsd:
 
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* pcmcia tools (verify if not already backported)
 
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* hal (!)
 
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==== Software that could benefit from re-packaging ====
 
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* hsfmodem:
 
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== External Links ==
 
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* [http://backports.org/ Debian Sarge backports repository]
 

Latest revision as of 01:26, 14 August 2013

Who is Hmh?

I am a Debian Developer for quite a few years now, and the current maintainer of ibm-acpi/thinkpad-acpi, aka "ThinkPad ACPI Extras" Linux kernel driver for ThinkPad laptops.

I am also involved with the tp_smapi and HDAPS Linux drivers, as a beta-tester and power-user. I don't list myself as a developer for those projects because I have never contributed a single line of code to them, just suggestions and bug reports ;-)

My ThinkPads

I own just a simple T43 model 2687-DDU. It is a great machine: a very solid ThinkPad, with its own set of annoying quirks just like any other IBM-era ThinkPad. The SATA-PATA bridge, tg3 noise at full network load, and lack of support for AHCI being the worst ones IMHO.

ping

This is a ping edit, to let Akw know I am still alive and to not purge my account ;-)

Links

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